Google’s Privacy Protestations
I’ve been disappointed by how little interest the remedies portion of this antitrust trial has received within the privacy community. Privacy, data protection, and...
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Face Tracking in the Workplace Warrants Consideration of Facial Analysis and Emotion Detection, Not Just Facial Recognition
I spent this summer beginning to research and write on “facial analysis” applications, which can probably best be thought of as a subset of...
Read MoreThe Future of Privacy: More Data and More Choices
As I wrapped up my time at the Future of Privacy Forum, I prepared the following essay in advance of participating on a plenary...
Read MoreEthics and Privacy in the Data-Driven World
As part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s “Internet of Everything” project, my boss and I co-authored a short essay on the growing need...
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Social Listening and Monitoring of Students
The line between monitoring consumer sentiment in general and tracking individual customers is unclear and ill-defined. Companies need to understand public perceptions about both...
Read MorePlunging Into the Black Box Society
Frank Pasquale’s The Black Box Society has been steadily moving up my reading list since it came out, but after Monday’s morning-long workshop on the...
Read MoreHate the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights, but Love the Privacy Review Boards
Considering the criticism on all sides, it’s not a bold prediction to suggest the White House’s Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights is unlikely to...
Read MoreOvercoming the Privacy Management Buzzkill: Make Privacy Fun?
Over the past two years, protecting our personal privacy has come to feel like a daily struggle and an oppressive burden. With the holiday...
Read MoreNo Privacy/No Control
This week, the Pew Research Center released a new report detailing Americans’ attitudes about their privacy. I wrote up a few thoughts, but my...
Read MoreBig Data Conversations Need a Big Data Definition
As part of my day job, I recently recapped the Federal Trade Commission’s workshop on “Big Data” and discrimination. My two key takeaways were...
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